Awning fitting



w. c. As'rRuP mame' FI'mNG Feb.- 17. 1925.- 1526,735

Filed Sept. 19, 1923 Ma W I W., emma.,

Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1526335 PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER C. ASTRUP, OF GLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T THE ASTRU? COMPANY, OF

CLEVELAND, HIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO. i

AWNING FITTING.

Application filed September 19, 1923. Serial No. 663,548.

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Be it known that I, VVAL'rnR O. As'rnUr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Awning Fittings, ofwhich the following is a specification. i

My invention relates to improvements in awning fittings, and moreparticularly to improved hinge connections for awning frames or sidearms whereby awnings may be quickly attached to or detached from windowframes, or the like, without the use of tools, and particularly withoutinserting 'or removing bolts, screws, cotter pins, or other fasteningdevices.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improvedhinge connection or coupling of the class indicated which will beexceedingly simple in construction, cheap of manufacture, and etficientin use.

A further andimportant object is the provision 'of a hinge connection orcoupling without the use of bolts, screws, or other threaded fasteningelements, and in which the hinge or coupling members may be quicklyassembled or disassembled in the act of pntting up or taking down theawn- A still further and important object 'is the provision of animproved gravity operated lock for the bearing portion of the hinge orcoupling members in which the liability to damage or disarrangement ofparts while .in use will be reduced to a minimum.

VVith the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consistsin the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts,hereinafter described, illustrated in some of its embodiments in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure1 is a side elevation of an awning fitting, constructed in accordanceWith this invention, embodying hinge or coupling members connected to awindow frame and an 'awning frame side arm, taken from the inner sidethereof, and showing the parts in their normal or' connected positions.

Fig. 2, a top plan view of the relatively fixed bracket or hinge memberand the pivoted gravity lock therefor, the dotted lines showing therelative position of the gravity lock and of the pivoted or eye end ofthe awning' frame side arm preparatory to bemg placed upon the bearingportion of the hinge or' bracket member.

Fig. 3, a perspective view of the relatively fixed bracket and of thegravity lock in disassembled relation, 'one of the prongs orbifurcations being bent outwardly preparatory to being assembled orpivflotally connected to the hinge bearing of the fixed bracket throughthe integral bearing lug or projection forming the pivot connection ofthe gravity lock.

Fig. et, a fragmentary perspective view of the improvement incorporatedin a hinge or coupling member of the slide and i'od type.

Similar nnmerals of reference designate like parts thronghout all thefigures of the drawings.

The improved fitting embodies hinge or coupling members adapted to beattached to window. and awning fra-mes in any suitable and convenientmanner. In the present instance, I have shown my improvements applied toa relatively fixed hinge or coupling member of the bracket type, asillustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, or to a hinge orcoupling member of the relatively movable slide type adapted to operateon a guide lock, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

VVhen applied to a coupling or bracket member, the latter preferablycomprises a base or attaching bracket l, having openings 1a, for use inattaching the same to a window frame member 2, or other suitable meansof support, by means of attaching elements or screws V3. In thisspecific `form also the attaching base is provided with a bracket arm1b, terminating, in the present instance, in a laterally extendingbearing member or element 1. The bearing element l for connecting thehinge or coupling` members is preferali ly formed integral with thebracket arm or member 1b, as shown, and when used as a hinged connectionfor awning frames the brackets are preferably arranged in pairs with thebearing elements 1c extending toward each other so that the awning sidearms or rods 4 may be mounted upon or detached from such bearingelements from the inner sides thereof.

In the present instance, the second hinge or coupling member-ta is inthe specific fo'rm of the usual frame or eye end-for convenientlyattaching the awning side arms 4: and forming apivot support therefor.

The inner end of the bearing member lv preferably terminates in areduced or flattened portion 1d, adapted to extend or project throughthe inner sides of the hinge or coupling members set, said reducedor'flattened portion 1 1 preferably extending Vertically, as shown, andbeingprovided witha transverse opening lforfforming a part of thepiv'oted connection of the gravity lock, hereinafter described.

The flattened or reduced portion l I is preferably foi'med by means ofinset or cutaway sides lf, and as a'means of providing a gravity lock orretaining device to hold the hinge or coupling members KF on the bearingmembers 1c when mounted and of demounting or detaching said hingeor eyeend LP when it is desired to-take down the awning, a bifurcatedilocking'member 5, is provided, said member 5 preferably correspondingin cross section to the cross section of the base portion of the'bearingelement l and being provided with a central recess adapted to receiveand contain the fiattened or reduced portion 1d when the parts areconnected.

As a means of detachably connecting the locking member 5 to the endportion ld of the beai'ing 1 without the use of threaded elements, suchas bolts, screws, or the like,

the looking member 5 is preferably provided with bifurcations or arms5a, adapted to straddle the reduced portion 1d and co-rref sponding indimensions to the dimensions of the cut-away sides or recesses 1f whenthe looking member 5 `is in Vits unlocked posi' tion, as shown by dottedlines in Fig. 2-of the drawings, prepara-tory to the insertion orremoval of the eye or'bearing members 4a. As a means of providing asuitable bearing element or connection between the opening lc of theportion 1d and the arms of the lockinjg element, one of -the arms 5a ispreferably provided on its inner side with a bearing lug oi` projection5b, adapted 'to extend into the transverse opening 1e when the arms 5aare closed, as shown in Figs. 1. 2'and et of the drawings.

rllhe gavity lock 5 is preferably formed of suitable malleable orbendable material so that in the act of initially assembling the parts,as suggested in Fig. 3 of the drawings, one of such arms may be VbentoutI slightly until the integral bearing member or projection 5b isbrought into registration with the transverse opening le whereupon sucharms may be bent to their closed assembled position, the parts beingpreferably assembled in loose relation to each other, as suggested inthe drawings.

If desired, the improveinents may be incorporated in la hinge orcoupling member of the slide type, as illustrated in Fi'g. Li of -thedrawings, and in which instance the base of the brzcket may comprise asleeve member lg, in lieu of the fixed attaching braeket l, said sleevelg being' adapted to slide on the usual guide rod 6.

Having tlius described some of the ein'- bodiments of my-invention,without having attempted to set forth all the forms in which it may bemade, or all the inodes of its use, what I claim and desire to `secureby Letters Patent is,-

1. An awning fitting, comprising a bracket hinge having a 'bearingmember terminating in a reduced portion provided with 'a transverseopening, and a pivoted gi'avity lock having a pair of arms straddlingsaid reduced portion, one of said arms having a bearing'on'itsinner'side extending into said transverse'opening of-said reducedportion forming a pivot connection.

2. Anawning fitting, comprising a hinge member including an integralbearing car- -rying a complementar f hinge inember and having a reducedportion at'one side of said eomplementary hinge vmember provided with atransverse opening, a'nd a bifurcated lock- 'ing Vmember straddling saidreduced vporone ofsaid-bifurcations having a bear- 7 mg portionextending into said transverse tion,

opening fol'ming a pivotal connection between said looking member andsaid hinge bearing member.

8. A hinge for awnings, comprising a bracket hinge member having abearing portion for a-second hinge member and having cut-away sides-forming a reduced 'verticall'y extending lug having a trans'versebea'ring opening therein, a second hinge member on said Vbearingportion,'and a lpi-voteds'ection having spacedl arms corresponding inldim'ensions to the dimensions of theicut-away sides forming said -lug,one of said arms being provided with a projection on its inner sideextending into said transverse opening of said vertically extending lugand forming a pivoted connection. t i

4:. A hinge connection for awnings, coinprising a hinge section havingan arm provided with an integral laterally extending bearing elementremovably i'ecei'ving and carrying a second hinge section and providedwith a transverse opening at one side of said-second hinge section, anda pivoted element having arins, one of said arms having a pivot formingelement extending into said transverse opening, said pivoted eleinent inone position extending in aXial aligninent witli and forminga'continuation of said beai'ing element for receiving or detaching thesecond hinge section and dropping by gravity foi'ming a pendant lock onthe side of said second hinge section when the latter is connected.

5. An awnng fitting, comprising a bracket having a hinge bearing memberand a pvoted gravty lock member, one of said members having a bearinglug'havng a 5 tl'ansvel'se bearing opening therein and the other havinga pair of arms stmddling said bearing lug and having ;L beal'ing on theW inner side of one arm extending into said transverse opening of saidbearing lug formng :L pivot connection between said mern- 10 bers.

In testilnony Whereof I have afixed my signature.

WALTER C. ASTR'UP.

